Job Title: Service Learning Facilitator
PVN ID: LA-1603-001044
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: LAGUARDIA C. C.

Job Description

General Description

Service Learning Facilitator - 3 positions available

Reports to the Director of Workforce Education Center - Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)

JOB GOAL: The Facilitator of Service Learning in the LaGuardia Workforce Education Center works with the Director and program Coordinator in the design, development, oversight, and implementation of Service Learning Program. The facilitator assists community partners, service learning faculty, and students to developing mutually beneficial service learning partnerships; works collaboratively as a member of the Service Learning team, coordinate events to connect service learners with appropriate service opportunities and gathers and acts upon feedback from the community partners on their satisfaction with the service learning process.

 

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Oversee the service-learning program.
  • Oversee the collection of service-learning data.
  • Plan and implement curriculum.
  • Maintain files and necessary documentation for student experiences.
  • Plan field trips related to the service learning activities.
  • Comply with all requirements of SYEP Service Learning at LaGuardia Community College.
  • Conduct regular evaluation and assessment of service learning activities.
  • Assist in development of reflection opportunities for participants.

Other Duties

 

  • Ability to work with youth 14-15 years of age.
  • Ability to navigate the public transportation system.
  • Compile and submit end of program data to program coordinator.
  • Prepare weekly reports for Director.

Qualifications

Intercultural Proficiency, Planning, Student Learning. High level of independent thinking and creativity required. Flexibility in dealing with diverse groups of people. Makes constant decisions on the appropriateness of particular service sites. Must be able to assess situations quickly and gather needed information. Requires ability to make non-routine decisions unique to each situation. Must prioritize multiple job demands. Problem solve, and trouble shoot.

  • College Junior, Senior or Graduate, Education or Human Services Majors preferred
  • Passionate about service learning and community service and its potential to engage students in meaningful learning
  • Well-organized and have good written and oral communication skills
  • Experience with databases and open to using web-based applications
  • Knowledgeable about the Queens community and its needs
  • must be able to demonstrate a theoretical foundation in the principles and practices of leadership
  • must possess exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
  • strong organizational skills
  • ability to manage multiple priorities
  • willingness to work and communicate effectively with diverse populations and as a team

 

A background check and finger printing are required prior to finalizing an offer of employment.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
WEC
Status
Full Time
Pay Range
$15.00
Closing Date
May 02, 2016 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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